Text by Vicomte Victor Marie Hugo
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Music by Franz Liszt
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Oh! quand je dors, viens aupres de ma couche,
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comme a Petrarque apparaissait Laura,
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Et qu'en passant ton haleine me touche...
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Soudain ma bouche
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S'entr'ouvrira!
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Sur mon front morne ou peut-etre s'acheve
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Un songe noir qui trop longtemps dura,
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Que ton regard comme un astre se leve...
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Soudain mon reve
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Rayonnera!
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Rayonnera!
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Puis sur ma levre ou voltige une flamme,
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Eclair d'amour que Dieu meme epura,
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Pose un baiser, et d'ange deviens femme...
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Soudain mon ame
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S'eveillera!
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S'eveillera!
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Oh viens, comme a Petrarque apparaissait Laura!
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Oh! When I Sleep
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Oh, when I sleep, approach my bed,
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as Laura appeared to Petrach;
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and when in passing, your breath touches me...
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suddenly my lips
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will part!
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On my glum face, where perhaps is ending
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a dark dream which lasted too long,
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as your glance like a star arises...
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suddenly my dream
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will become radiant!
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Then on my lips, where a flame is fluttering,
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a flash of love that God has kept pure,
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place a kiss, and from an angel, become a woman...
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suddenly my soul
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will be awakened!
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Oh! Quand Je Dors
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| Andrea Bocelli |
